Family Search: When Captain Alan Reginald MacKedie was born on 18 December 1890, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, his father, John Williamson Mackedie, was 53 and his mother, Charlotte Jane Pelton, was 40. He lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for about 4 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as banker in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He died on 28 August 1918, in Vis-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 27, and was buried in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery and Memorial, Haucourt, Pas-de-Calais, France.
GALLANT OFFICER’S DEATH
Brilliant Feats In War Referred To In Court Application.
The death in action in France on August 28 last, of the late Captain Allan R. Mackedie was recalled by a motion in supreme court chambers for probate of his last will and testament. In proof of the death of the testator a telegram was read from Premier Sir Robert Borden, deploring the death of the “gallant young officer”; a letter from Arthur F. Sladen, secretary of the Duke of Connaught, conveying the sympathy of the former Governor-General, and a letter from Lieut.-Colonel L. E. Jones, were read.
Colonel Jones said that the engagement in which his young friend had been killed lasted three days. “The services of Capt. Mackedie in that time were invaluable. He was hit by a sniper’s bullet after putting out of action a machine gun which was interfering with the work of the company. His work throughout the fight was of a high order. He will be greatly missed. By his courage and manliness he had endeared himself to all ranks.”
The necessary order for probate was given. Clarence Darling appeared in support.
Vancouver Daily World. January 13, 1919. Page 11. Columns 3-4.
1144. MacKedie, A.R. (Alan Reginald) [1890-1918] See Letters from the front: Being a Record of the Part Played by Officers of the Bank in the Great War, 1914-1919. Toronto: Canadian Bank of Commerce. 19201921, vol 1, 344p.: ill., map (fold), ports., index; 25 cm., 82. AMICUS 2417893. NSHD. IA. Reproduced [Manotick, ON]: Archive CD Books Canada CA0291. ISBN 9781897405246. AMICAUS 37410824. OONL. Extract for letter, January 15, 1916, describing recent experiences. Born in Montreal, MacKedie moved with his parents to Vancouver before 1911. He was a clerk in the Canadian Bank of Commerce there with militia experience when he joined the 47th (New Westminster) Battalion as a lieutenant in November 1915. He transferred into the 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion as a captain in April 1916 and was killed near Cambrai on August 28, 1918.
Compare this description of death with the Circumstances of Casualty Card below:
“On Aug 28,1918, near Vis-en-Artois, his company was attacking a machine gun position when he was shot by a sniper and killed. (FROM: “For King and Empire: The Canadians at Arras” by Norm Christi.”
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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